The Delicate Sound of Thunder 5.11a
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| Type: | Trad, 2 pitches, 200 feet |
| Consensus: | 5.11- [details] |
| FA: | Dave Wonderly, Marge Floyd, & Dave Evans - 1988 |
| Submitted By: | Josh Janes on Apr 1, 2003 |
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Pitch 2 comes up the arete on the skyline. A perfe...
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Description One of my favorite short trad climbs of all time! Two excellent pitches are different in character but both technical and delicate. Not nearly as scary as the guide makes it out to be. Start on the front of the Our Father/Wholesome Fullback pinnacle at a thin crack and face.
P1: Climb straight up past a few bolts to a mantle ledge, clip the bolt above from this ledge, shake out, then reverse the mantle and finger traverse right for a ways until a weakness allows you to pull the roof and climb back left (an RP is useful to protect this "scary" section). Belay in a little hole with a nest of decent gear. 5.11a.
P2: Climb out right to the exposed, sharp, arete and up this past several bolts. Pull onto the face and continue up easier (possibly loose) rock until a final mantle lands you at the top of the pillar. 5.11a.
Rap Our Father.
Protection Mostly small gear including a set of RP's. Quickdraws.
| Comments on The Delicate Sound of Thunder |
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By DEE
Apr 6, 2004
rating: 5.11a
| On the FA I tried to go direct on the first pitch but couldn't and eventually launched out right. Dave was able to place a large cam (#4) high on the second pitch in an inobvious square hole on the left side of the arete. I remember that he was pretty happy to get a cam out there. It was butt-cold during the FA and we had down jackets that I think we even climbed in. |
By Jon O'Brien
From: Nevada
Jul 20, 2009
| You guys put up awesome routes, cheers :-) |
By sean barb
From: winston salem, north carolina,
Aug 15, 2009
| way cool route with lots of "a-ha" sequences. do it. |
By Tim Wolfe
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Jan 24, 2010
rating: 5.11b
| I thought it was a bit scary. Cool route (we like em a bit scary). |
By Richard DeCredico
From: Chattanooga
Mar 22, 2011
| Stellar. One of the best routes in its grade in all of Red Rock. |
By Bob Rotert
Apr 20, 2011
| Daves & Marge, one of my favorite routes at Red Rocks! An awesome climb! |
By Rob Fielding
From: Las Vegas, NV
Sep 2, 2012
rating: 5.11b R
| Great route! First pitch is pretty burly, and I was just following it. The bolts need replacement on the first pitch so be very careful. Bring some small gear including rps.
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By Short Fall Sean
Apr 1, 2013
| This route is outrageously good. I'm surprised it doesn't get more hype. The traverse on p1 seemed substantially harder than anything on p2. So maybe 11b for one and 11a for two. I'd put it in the category of "scary" but not "holy shit, I'm gonna die". I followed p1 so I didn't look too carefully, but I remember the bolts looking fine. |
By Phil Esra
Apr 4, 2013
| I didn't find the "10c 15 feet out from the bolt" on p1 to be particularly scary. The fall doesn't look like it would be that bad. I *was* scared on crappy thin gear before the (high) first bolt. Amazing line, max stars. |
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